Trumpeter Seawolf

styrene

Member since
May 2003
From: The flat lands of the Southeast

Trumpeter Seawolf

Posted by styrene on Friday, September 2, 2005 10:43 PM

I bought the new 1/144 Trumpeter Seawolf at the Nationals in Atlanta and have now started it. What a nightmare! The fit is pretty bad, and I have puttied, sanded, sanded, puttied and sanded some more. Did I mentioned I had to putty and sand a lot? For a 45-piece kit that I thought would be a relatively quick build, and an easy distraction from my more "involved" projects, this thing's a LOAD--and I only have the basic hull together. I just finished gluing on the sonar dome--blecccchhhh!

Anybody else build this thing? Anything else I should know before I call DuPont and order a dump truck full of lacquer putty, and deplete Home Depot of their entire stock of sandpaper?

Any and all comments are welcome.

Maybe I'm just stupid and doing it all wrong, but I would strongly caution anyone looking to buy this kit to first check their health insurance policies to see if they cover visits to psychiatrists and/or psychologists.

OK, the voices in my head are telling me I have to stop now and go back to the sonar dome. AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGHHHH!

Gip Winecoff

1882: "God is dead"--F. Nietzsche

1900: "Nietzsche is dead"--God

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seasick

Member since
June 2004
From: 29° 58' N 95° 21' W

Posted by seasick on Friday, September 2, 2005 11:34 PM

I threw away my Trumpeter 1/700 Arizona when the Dragon kit came out. Approve [^]

My take on it: wait for Dragon to make the kit. Wink [;)]

Chasing the ultimate build.

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mfsob

Member since
March 2005
From: West Virginia, USA

Posted by mfsob on Saturday, September 3, 2005 9:11 AM

I guess I'm just from the generation that can't bear to throw ANYTHING away, no matter how awful. I try, not always successfully, to regard the bumps in the road as part of the modeling process. The challenge, for lack of a better word. Big Smile [:D]

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DBFSS385

Member since
September 2003
From: Connecticut

Posted by DBFSS385 on Saturday, September 3, 2005 9:13 PM

I have made a few posts before about this kit. It is all wrong.. I gave mine away to my nephew to build as a "pool toy". Dragon is doing a 1/350 kit soon, knowing Dragon it should be good.

Be Well/DBF Walt

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hobby1268

Member since
April 2003

Posted by hobby1268 on Sunday, September 4, 2005 10:36 AM

Styrene, Cybermodeler has a online build for the Trumpeter SeaWolf by Michael Benolkin. He pretty much says the hull is trash. You should check it out.

Robert Garelli Spring Hill, Florida

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, September 5, 2005 1:18 PM

one of the guys i work with served on the seawolf for a couple years and decided he wanted to build the kit. He said the same thing and that the hull shape was all wrong anyway. He too is waiting for the Dragon kit to come out

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cassibill

Member since
February 2003
From: Indiana, USA

Posted by cassibill on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 11:41 AM

The Decals are supposed to be wrong too. I think that was in the FSM kit review.

cdw My life flashes before my eyes and it mostly my life flashing before my eyes!!! Big Smile The 1/144 scale census and message board: http://144scalelist.freewebpage.org/index.html